Generation of parameterized avatars
US10607065B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 2018 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L51/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Generation of parameterized avatars is described. An avatar generation system uses a trained machine-learning model to generate a parameterized avatar, from which digital visual content (e.g., images, videos, augmented and/or virtual reality (AR/VR) content) can be generated. The machine-learning model is trained to identify cartoon features of a particular style—from a library of these cartoon features—that correspond to features of a person depicted in a digital photograph. The parameterized avatar is data (e.g., a feature vector) that indicates the cartoon features identified from the library by the trained machine-learning model for the depicted person. This parameterization enables the avatar to be animated. The parameterization also enables the avatar generation system to generate avatars in non-photorealistic (relatively cartoony) styles such that, despite the style, the avatars preserve identities and expressions of persons depicted in input digital photographs.
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